cơm cháo

Vietnamese

Etymology

cơm (cooked rice) +‎ cháo (rice congee; rice porridge).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧ t͡ɕaːw˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧ t͡ɕaːw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧ caːw˦˥]

Noun

cơm cháo

  1. (literally) cooked rice and rice congee
  2. (chiefly in the negative, of a person, colloquial) achievement, feat

See also